Karlheinz Busen | |
|---|---|
 Busen in 2019 | |
| Member of theBundestag forNorth Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 2025 | |
| Constituency | FDP List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-04-05)5 April 1951 (age 74) Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia,West Germany |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences |
Karlheinz Busen (born 5 April 1951) is a German civil engineer and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2025.[1][2]
After completing school in 1965, he began an apprenticeship as adraftsman, which he completed in 1968. From 1968 to 1972, he underwent training as a civil engineering technician and obtained the entrance qualification for a technical college. He then studied Structural Engineering at the University of Applied SciencesBielefeld, Minden Department, from 1973 to 1976, graduating as a Diplom-Civil Engineer. During his military service, he served as a staff soldier and attained the rank of private.[3] From 1976, he operated his own company with eight employees.
From2012 until 2017, Busen served as a member of theState Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Busen became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election. In parliament, he served as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for hunting and forestry.[4]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 German elections, Busen was part of his party's delegation in the working group onenvironmental policy, co-chaired byRita Schwarzelühr-Sutter,Steffi Lemke andStefan Birkner.[5]
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